Bafing Region
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| name =Bafing Region
| native_name = Région du Bafing
| native_name_lang = fr
| settlement_type =Region
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| motto = "La Renaissance du Bafing"
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| map_caption = Location of Bafing Region (dark red) in Ivory Coast
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|subdivision_type1 = District
|subdivision_name1 = Woroba
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| established_date = Established as a first-level subdivision via division of Worodougou Region
| established_title = 2000
| established_date1 = Converted to a second-level subdivision
| established_title1 = 2011
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| seat_type =Regional seat
| seat =Touba
| government_footnotes = [http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"], abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
| leader_title = Prefect
| leader_name = Benoît Yao Kouakou
| leader_title1 = Council President
| leader_name1 = Diomande Lassina
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| area_total_km2 = 8660
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| population_as_of = 2021
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Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,660 km²,{{cite web|title=Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)|url=http://www.statoids.com/uci.html|website=Statoids.com|access-date=24 June 2015}} and its population in the 2021 census was 262,850.
Departments and geography
Bafing Region is currently divided into three departments: Koro, Ouaninou, and Touba. The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
History
Bafing Region was created in 2000 as a first-level administration region of the country. It was formed by splitting-off Touba Department from Worodougou Region. Koro Department was created as a split-off from Touba Department in 2008.
As part of the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Bafing was converted into a second-level administrative region and was added to the new first-level Woroba District.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. No territorial changes were made to Bafing as a result of the reorganisation, but a third department—Ouaninou Department—was created by splitting Touba Department again.
Demographic change
{{démographie
|1988=107 886
|1998=148 813
|2010=205 339
|2014=183 047
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Notes
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{{Regions of Ivory Coast}}
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{{Regions of Ivory Coast (pre-2011)}}
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Category:Regions of Woroba District